Parts & LaborReceivers

Having released albums like clockwork for the past few years, Brooklyns Parts & Labor were crafting their sporadic noise punk into a well-oiled machine. However, thanks to line-up changes and the bands evolution, the sound has changed a lot for their fourth album, Receivers. Gone are the frenetic drums that strengthened 2007s Mapmaker and instead the band have built strong rock structures with new drummer Joe Wong and their first-ever guitarist, Sarah Lipstate. Where songs like "Nowheres Nigh and "Mount Misery would have previously drowned their melodies in noise, here they grow and develop. If youre looking for the brain-hurting chaos that Parts & Labor made their name on you might be disappointed. But Receivers is still an excellent album and a logical step in this hard-working bands canon.
(Jagjaguwar)